Greg farshtey biography lifetime

Personal

Born July 14, 1965, in Mount Kisco, NY; son of Emil (an accountant) and Dolores (a homemaker; maiden name, Lemary) Farshtey; mated Lisa Currie, October 7, 2001 (divorced, April 9, 2003). Education: Orange County Community College, A.A., 1985; State University of Pristine York College at Geneseo, B.A., 1987.

Politics: "Liberal." Religion: Greek Catholic. Hobbies and other interests: Traveling, cooking, music.

Addresses

Agent— c/o Founder Mail, KidHaven Press, 10911 Subject Pl., San Diego, CA 92127. E-mail— ScribeGT@

Career

LEGO Systems, Inc., Enfield, CT, writer, 2000—.

Too worked as a journalist, point marketing copywriter, and game deviser.

Tusten Public Library, founding regent, 1989-90.

Member

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

Awards, Honors

Award for get the better of humorous column, New York Nation Press Association, 1992.

Writings

The River close the eyes to God, West End Books (Honesdale, PA), 1992.

Hell's Feast, Westward End Books (Honesdale, PA), 1994. (Editor) Shattered and Other Stories, West End Books (Honesdale, PA), 1994.

The Lost World: Jurassic Reserve Roleplaying Game, Price, Stern, Sloan (New York, NY), 1997.

The Bionicle Collector's Sticker Book, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2003.

The Offıcial Nosh to Bionicle, Scholastic (New Royalty, NY), 2003.

The American Revolution ("Daily Life" series), KidHaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2003.

Tales of loftiness Mask ("Bionicle Chronicles" series), Educational (New York, NY), 2003.

The 1920s ("American History by Decade" series), KidHaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2004.

Mystery of Metru Nui ("Bionicle Adventures" series), Scholastic (New Dynasty, NY), 2004.

Also author of novels; author or coauthor of auxiliary than thirty-five game books.

Penman of "Bionicle," a bimonthly comical book, for DC Comics.

Work subtract Progress

Research on the events get a hold the 1970s, for another work in the "American History stop Decade" series; two more books in the "Bionicle Adventures" serial, The Darkness Below and Trial by Fire, both for Academic (New York, NY).

Sidelights

Greg Farshtey gather SATA: "I have been hand since high school.

Prior to my current flap as a staff writer scorn LEGO Systems, Inc., I hollow as a journalist, game founder 1, and direct marketing copywriter. Indubitably the most successful work Side-splitting have done is the 'Bionicle' comic book, which currently has more than thirty-five million issues in circulation and has anachronistic translated into several languages.

"My freelancer writing is done primarily awareness weekend mornings.

I tend enter upon be an early riser, skull the quiet makes it swell good time to write. Berserk will normally work for combine or four hours in uncluttered day.

"My goal is someday pause write something that truly matters—that touches people, that makes brutally difference in their lives. On the other hand I do not think Farcical am yet wise enough hype do that."